72 GARDENING INDOORS AND UNDER GLASS 
to start giving most plants so treated heat, light 
and water again, the latter gradually. 
The fact that growth is made in advance of the 
flowering period means that the summer care and 
feeding of such plants is very important. Plenty 
of water must be given, and frequent applications 
of liquid manure or fertilizers, or top dressing. 
Flowering shrubs that bloom on last season’s wood, 
like hydrangeas, should be pruned just after bloom- 
ing. 
Abutilon—The Flowering Maple (Abutilon) 
is an old favorite, but well worthy of continued 
popularity. It is practically ever-blooming, which 
at once marks it as highly desirable. The pendu- 
lous flowers are very pretty, coming in shades of 
pink, white, yellow and dark red. The foliage is 
also beautiful, especially that of the variegated vari- 
eties, than which very few plants are more worthy 
of a place in the window gardener’s collection. 
New plants, which will grow and bloom very 
rapidly, are propagated by cuttings rooted in the 
fall or spring. Give the plants when indoors plenty 
of light. Old plants, for which there is not room 
in the window garden, may be wintered almost dry 
in a cool place and allowing the leaves to fall off. 
The varieties are numerous. Some of the best 
are Santana, deep red; Boule de Neige, pure white; 
Gold Bell, yellow; Darwini tesselatum; Souvenir 
de Bonn and Savitzii (the latter the most popular of 
